She was born in Live Oak County on Sept. 13, 1913, to Albert Martin and Nonie Ethel Montgomery Handley. She married Bartley Alton Matheson in Beeville on Oct. 20, 1930. She was a charter member of Swinney Switch Baptist Church and a homemaker.

Mrs. Matheson was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Bartley Alton Matheson; and one son, Glen Bartley Matheson.

Visitation will be held Wednesday (today) from 4 to 7 p.m. at Galloway and Sons chapel. The funeral service will be held Thursday at 10 a.m., also at Galloway and Sons chapel, with Rev. Greg Traylor officiating. Burial will follow at Glenwood Cemetery.